Christmas Day Weird Tradition: Every year on 25th December, the festival of Christmas is celebrated loudly all over the world. In our country too, a large number of people celebrate this festival and give gifts to each other. Everyone knows that there is a lot of celebration in this festival related to the birthday of Jesus Christ, but there are also traditions related to Christmas, which you may not know. Today we will tell you about one such tradition.
Christmas festival is celebrated all over the world by celebrating happiness, but there is a different custom in Peru, where people start fighting and fighting with each other as soon as Christmas comes. You may also be wondering who fights on the day of the festival, but in Chumbivilcas Province of Peru, there is a tradition that people throw squash at each other and fight on this day.
people fight on christmas
In the Chumbivilcas Province of Peru, a festival named Takanakuy is celebrated on the day of Christmas itself. In addition to fighting and fighting, there is also food and drink, music and dance. In this festival, all those people who have been suppressing something in their heart for 12 months, fight with each other. Fighters fight with each other by wrapping a cloth around their hands and during this a referee is also kept, who wears a colorful ski mask and decides that no one gets hurt too much. When one person is defeated, then this fight ends.
Earlier it used to be only in men, but now women are also involved in it. (Credit-Shutterstock)
get alcohol after fighting
According to the report of the Daily Star, when this fight ends, both the parties are given alcohol to reduce their pain. Some fights are for property, while some are fought for love. In addition to ski masks, some villagers also wear leather caps. Many character costumes are worn during this, including lobster and cowboy. Earlier it used to be only in men, but now women are also involved in it. Takanakuy means to boil blood. The purpose of this fight is to completely cleanse your heart for the next year.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : December 26, 2022, 07:30 IST